New subway station to open Saturday in place of one demolished in 9/11 attacks

The entrance to the Cortland St. subway station is pictured in April. People will be able to use the new WTC Cortlandt station on the No. 1 line this Saturday at noon, ahead of the 9/11 anniversary. (Marcus Santos / New York Daily News)

The MTA is finally opening, after 17 years, a new station in place of the stop that was destroyed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

People will be able to use the new WTC Cortlandt station on the No. 1 line on Saturday at noon, ahead of the 9/11 anniversary this Tuesday, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

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The original station was demolished from the rubble of the Twin Towers during the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.

The MTA is finally opening, after 17 years, a new subway station in place of the stop that was destroyed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks. (Marcus Santos / New York Daily News)

The Port Authority rebuilt the station as it developed its World Trade Center Transit Hub and Oculus mall. The MTA took over the WTC Cortlandt station project from the Port Authority in 2015.

The new station will feature a mosaic piece from artist Ann Hamilton featuring words in the Declaration of Independence and the 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.